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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17, 18, and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Fenner feel about Simmerson's action with the account books?
(a) Relieved.
(b) He doesn't know about it.
(c) Angry.
(d) Indifferent.

2. Where does Sharpe meet Jane Gibbons?
(a) While swimming in the ocean.
(b) At Simmerson's boathouse.
(c) In her uncle's orchards.
(d) At a formal dinner.

3. How many of the second battalion does Sharpe find?
(a) Three officers and a few enlisted men.
(b) All 1,000 of the men.
(c) None.
(d) About half of the battalion.

4. What does Sharpe notice about the enlistment process?
(a) There are a few minor irregularities.
(b) It is quite professional.
(c) It is totally irregular and fraudulent.
(d) It is sloppy but basically by the book.

5. How does Simmerson force Jane to work for him?
(a) He is blackmailing her.
(b) He threatened her family.
(c) Beats her.
(d) She owes him money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the opening set?

2. What does Anne want for her son?

3. What does Sharpe and the other recruits do for the next few days?

4. Why are Sharpe and Harper visiting small English towns?

5. How does Girdwood wear his mustache?

(see the answer key)

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